I love the look of a fresh entry. I try to give mine a spruce every few months because I love it, but also because it is inviting for guests. Adding plants, a chair and pillow, lantern or a new doormat welcomes each visitor who enters. However, changing your doormat out each season can be costly. Here is an easy DIY to make your doormat look fun while being affordable. 1. Purchase a plain coir doormat and spray paint in any color. I got my mat at Target for $10 and had left over spray paint from a previous project. 2. Decide on what you want to say. I choose "come in, get cozy" because it's fall and this is when I begin to hermit. #truth 3. I've seen other DIY'ers go a few different paths at this point, mainly buying stencils and hand painting mats. Alternately, I think the least expensive and the easiest is to print your saying on regular card stock. This will become your stencil so plan out the size of your letters. To make it easy, I choose my font then made the text size as large as it could go while fitting on the page, ensuring that each word had it's own piece of card stock. 4. Cut out each word being sure to enter and exit at the same point. Also carefully remove the loops inside of letter. Place tape over the entry/exit so that no spray paint will seep through the gap in paper. 5. Position each stencil on the coir mat using painters tape to secure. If the paper gaps, secure it with wrapped painters tape just inside the stenciled the letters. 6. Now lay each of the small pieces that make up the loops of words. You'll need to wrap your painters tape so it's sticky on both sides. 7. Use butcher paper, newspaper or anything large enough on hand that you can wrap around the coir mat and secure with painters tape so there is no overspray. 7. Use butcher paper, newspaper or anything large enough on hand that you can wrap around the coir mat and secure with painters tape so there is no overspray. 8. Making sure that only the cut out stencil is showing on your mat, spray light even strokes over your words. Once the paint looks even, let set for a few moments. 9. Remove all paper and tape from your mat. 10. Layer your finished coir doormat over another outdoor mat to make it appear larger. I hope this project was helpful and inspires you to make your own doormat! To get you started, I've attached my stencil in pdf. Enjoy!
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